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@beardalaxy @alyx
I was just thinking about it, and I do not believe, that it's so much forgetting as it's all about the focus.

I have seen both corpo psychopaths and the street thugs in my life, so I do know, that they are depicted quite accurately in the game. I also do know that nothing can stop that kind of a person, and that if you get into the middle class lifestyle, you can avoid both of them literally 99.99% of your life. But, most people who were born in the middle class safety bubble do not know that. On contrary, when you play the game, you cannot live middle class safe zone character (for obvious reasons), and you get to interact only with the two kinds of psychos.

So, imagine never seeing these kind of creatures, and then having both classes in the game. It would in fact look like a total distopia.

Cyberpunk 2077 has horrible hostile zone system.

I literally just click wrong door, and 10 guys in the room start shooting you immediately. That's so bad...

Nah, they can get jamal to take the catheter out of their ass and botch your surgeries, I will laugh and spit on their graves while they rot in hell.

RT: https://poa.st/objects/bd1b6a48-5fd4-4ea3-8328-2bc9079352ee

@alyx
> some kind of augmentation psychosis

That only happens to people, who replace more of their body, then they are capable of. It is a rare condition even in lore, and could be compared to organ failure from steroids. (although, you are the one killing others)

@beardalaxy @alyx
I really do get your roommate, and I kind of agree with him.

Obviously I get, that for instance, their lower back had to be dying in their 30s, but my issue is, that even with a so called 100x potential, you cannot choose to use only part of it.

You cannot possibly get a house, small garden and food for family on 2 part time jobs. So, the potential isn't there, if 60% goes to the state, 20% on rent, and you are left with 20%, that you must use on lawfare. You cannot even go most places on foot these days. Cities are not built for people walking from A to B.

But yes, the lost purpose and family expectations are a tragedy, that I cannot get over either.

@LukeAlmighty Thing is... as bad as things are today, someone from medieval time would think living anywhere in Europe today would be epic.
We've lost perspective of how much life has improved because of technology, and I'd wager it makes sense in universe that people in Cyberpunk consider it a dystopia, because they also lost perspective on things and focus only on their present day issues.

I had a sobering though a year ago. Back during the days of Mozart or Beethoven, these people weren't composing music for the wider audience. Entertainment was a thing solely for the rich. But today, a homeless person in America can listen to any music he wants on a pocket sized computer.
Or Tim Pool likes to make the argument that the original oil baron had worse dental care than an average american has today.

People are free to complain about wealth inequalities, but they should also take a second and appreciate that they probably have access to the same, if not more, life amenities than the richest of the rich from not that long ago. That is bonkers to me.

So yeah, any realistic fiction set in a much more technologically advanced future, is gonna have some of the things we care about solved thanks to technology, while also introducing new unique problems that make it a dystopia.
I haven't played the game, but my understanding was that the dystopic element was some kind of augmentation psychosis and people losing their humanity.

@cowanon
Seriously, if you didn't get an alt contact on your friends the second you heard about this issue the first time, then you are the problem.

Imagine using discord, you know the chat program where its troon devs will doxx you to antifa and blm if you say anything wayciss and muh soggy knee?

Returned to the game, and honestly? This post is still absolutely true.

@alyx
No, but only libertarians care about freedom, so saying conservatives have no freedom would be like saying monkeys have no phones.

@hachi
You cannot be free to create a safe family, when there are predators around the corner ready to castrate your kids.

It's not a mental illness though, trust the experts.

@Aldo2
How do you recognize a payed shill? He centers his entire world view around protecting Israel.

Libertarians have no freedom under Trans ideology.

There, I said it. The complete formulation of my stance in this issue.

@beardalaxy
I seriously feel like people are incapable of speaking Trumpese...

He literally says, that the tarifs serve as a balance to already existing ones. And instead of calling Trump with line "0 to 0 daddy?" everyone starts panicking incapable of forming a plan on what to do next.

@TrevorGoodchild @spectatorindex
Unless literally majority of your wealth is in US stock, then you don't need to care.

And if you're rich enough to buy stock, a TOTAL CRASH (not just this fart) is an ideal time to buy.

I feel like I fucking solved a major life issue right now... And all I actually did was, that instead of using one tea tank, I use two, so that one is always filled with cold tea, that I can drink without hesetation :drink:

But it|s so comfy

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